Missed Opportunities: Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use in Women's Health Settings.

Background: Although women's health settings could provide access to women for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for risky alcohol use, little is known about rates of alcohol use or associated risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP) among women's health patients, receipt of SBIRT services in these settings, or patient attitudes towards SBIRT services.

Methods: This study reports the results of a self-administered survey to a convenience sample of women's health patients attending public clinics for family planning or sexually transmitted infection visits.

Results: Surveys were analyzed for 199 reproductive-aged women who had visited the clinic within the past year.